Impact Wrestling announced during the Bound for Glory pay-per-view event that they will be reverting to the TNA brand starting at its Hard to Kill PPV event in January.
The brand was started in 2002 by Jeff Jarrett, but after years of criticism in 2017, the name went away.
Pwinsider reports the move was tentatively slated to be made back at Slammiversary before being pushed back to Bound for Glory. The final call was made about 2-3 weeks back.
The report noted they were told by sources the decision was made for several reasons.
The report noted, “One, it would ‘unite’ the fragmented history of the promotion, which at different times was known as TNA, then Global Force Wrestling, then finally Impact Wrestling. A secondary factor in making the decision was that a number of the company’s international partners preferred the TNA name and at times, were still using the name internally. We are also told that the company also quietly polled long-term fans of the promotion earlier this year and learned that many of them stated they preferred the TNA name.”
In 2020, there was some TNA nostalgia when the promotion brought back the TNA World Title for Moose, where “the original plan for the company to revive TNA as a separate TV series and possibly promotion out of a TNA reunion PPV.” However, the COVID-19 pandemic stalled the plans.
The TV series going forward will be known as TNA Impact Wrestling. New title belts will be revealed in January. TNA has no plans to bring back the six-sided ring and it has been noted that wrestlers have said it's easier on their bodies to bump in the four-sided ring.
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